Damon and Pythias

How do you know from reading the play that Damon and Pythias are very good friends?

• The two men discuss their great friendship.
• Other characters talk about the friendship.
• The narrator tells you about their friendship.
• A soldier comments on their friendship.

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What character trait is Damon demonstrating when he offers to take Pythias' place in prison?

• loyalty
• honesty
• wisdom
• carefulness

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What does the king wish that he had at the end of the play?

• more gold and precious jewels
• a friend like Damon and Pythias
• the loyalty of his people
• a more powerful army

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After reading the text, what do you think the word tyrant (see column on the right side of page 764) means?
YOU CAN USE A DICTIONARY FOR THIS QUESTION.

• prisoner
• dictator
• soldier
• rebel

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Read the meanings below for the word fault.
fault  (′folt) noun  1.  failure 
2.  a physical imperfection 
 3.  an error made  when serving in a tennis game 
4.  a fracture in the crust of a planet
Which meaning best fits the way fault is used in the fourth full paragraph of the first column on page 771 (Damon’s lines)?

• Meaning 1
• Meaning 2
• Meaning 3
• Meaning 4

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Damon and Pythias are known throughout Sicily because of their

• great friendship
• great wealth
• dislike of the king
• skills in government

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How do you know in this play that Pythias struggles to free himself after robbers tied him to a tree?

• the first robber watches Pythias struggle
• The scene is acted out in dialouge.
• The narrator describes the event.
• Pythias tells Damon about it. 

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The climax of the plot in “Damon and Pythias” is when –

• Damon offers to go to jail in Pythias’ place
• the king throws Pythias into jail
• Pythias returns when time has almost run out
• the king says he admires the friendship of Damon and Pythias

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What is the definition for a theme of a story?

• how characters feel in a story
• the time and place of a story
• what characters learn in the story
• the moral of the story

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Read the meanings below for the word word.
word  (′werd) noun 
1.  a written or printed character representing the spoken word 
2.  an order or command 
3.  a promise 
4.  news or  information
Which meaning best fits the way word is used in the last paragraph of the first column on page 766 (Damon’s lines)?

• Meaning 1
• Meaning 2
• Meaning 3
• Meaning 4

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